A Rough Start For The Pontiac Freaks Among Us: A Trophy Four And A Whole Lot Of Work
Aug 09, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
My pal and fellow NHRA announcing cohort Alan Reinhart sent me this listing for a 1962 Pontiac Tempest sport coupe the other day for consideration as a Rough Start. This is proof that (a) AR reads...
This Is Bonneville: Rebuilding An Amazing Motorcycle In The Bed Of A Truck Sitting In Front Of A Motel 6 Hotel Room
Aug 09, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, Apex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX
(Editor’s note: As we travel to the Bonneville Salt Flats today we’re thinking of one of the best stories from Speed Week 2017. This is the epitome of why we love this place, why we love...
Daniel Pharris Is Going Down Under To Race In The Kenda Tires 660 Drag Radial Series’ Radial Riot Event!
Aug 09, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
Daniel Pharris is a man who knows how to put down the power. We’ve seen him run the Corvette for years, and we’ve been watching him take the Lexus RC-F and do things with it that Lexus...
Ford Produces The 10-Millionth Mustang – That Is Both Awesome And Insane!
Aug 09, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Ford Mustang passed an incredible milestone this week with the 10-millionth one in history having been produced. From the iconic first year cars to the muscular and awesome fastbacks, Cobra Jets,...
How Would You Build It? This 1963 Chrysler Newport Is A Big-Block, Manual Trans Four-Door That Could Be Bitchin’!
Aug 09, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, Craigslist Find
Oh, how we all lament the dying off of passenger cars and manual transmissions in this day and age. How we look at plastic covered bumpers on silver lumps rolling down the Interstate and think back...
Watch Mike Moran’s 670ci Billet Hemi Make 5,200hp With A Pair Of Brand New Garrett Turbos – Wicked!
Aug 09, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
Far be it from me to make the insane suggestion that the true might of the turbocharger had not been unleashed until the world of drag racing really figured them out. Yes, they have been used with...
A Thing Of Beauty: This Arias Hemi-Headed 427ci Small Block Ford Is One Fat Headed Hunk Of Awesome
Aug 09, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
While the Arias family motto is not officially “Hemi all the things” they have been making that their business for decades on end. From their awesome 8.3L and 10L engines to the...
Linda Vaughn Rides Again: Miss Hurst Golden Shifter Was In Her Glory At Carlisle 2018
Aug 08, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
Linda Vaughn is the first lady of motorsports. She has endured through the decades as a smiling ambassador for all the good stuff that we love about cars and racing. She of course rose to prominence...
Now You’re Just Showing Off: One Wicked Bounty Mud Pit And …A SHERP?
Aug 08, 2018Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, FUNNY STUFF, Videos, XL Videos
A dug out trench that looks more like an evaporation pit than anything even remotely close to natural and a bunch of mega trucks nearby can only mean one thing: the bounty mud hole is open for...
Dynamite Dart: This 1968 Pro Street Dart Is A Blown 9-Second Time Slip Waiting To Happen
Aug 08, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
When it comes to good ideas, building a pro street car with a factory style paint job, all the factory chrome, a vinyl roof, steel wheels with dog dis hubcaps, and a blown big block is a good idea....
This 1955 Video That Shows The Casting Of Turbine Blades Is Pretty Awesome – Three Years Before NASA
Aug 08, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
Today we think of turbine engine blades and we immediately think of advanced computer modeling, awesome multi-axis machining. Back in 1955 they had to be more crafty than to send a file down to the...
Fire and Water: The 1990 NHRA Northstar Nationals Were A Wet And Wooly Affair (Especially If Your Name Was Force)
Aug 08, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
When you are celebrating at the top end and Steve Evans says, “They left a trail of burned and broken parts…” you know it was a costly victory. John Force claimed victory at the...
